Mccright tina smith is a former lieutenant governor, was first appointed by governor mark dayton early in 2018, and she won a special election two years ago. If she wins this year, it will be for a full sixyear term. A republican component opponent served a term in congress from minnesotas second district. Tina smith and jason lewis joined me remotely this hour as part of our meet the candidate series, to talk about the issues facing minnesota and the country. There arent a lot of rules for our conversation today. I will ask you a series of questions. I ask you to keep to the issues, even though you are running for senate, we dont need to fi i ask you not to filibuster. One firm rule i will enforce is that you cannot talk over each other. Lk over each other. It sounds bad on the radio, people will turn us off, and nobody will hear what you have to say. I will give you each a minute at the start and the end to make the case why voters should pick you. I flipped a coin before we started,
Appointed to the seat by governor mark dayton in 2018 and she won a special election two years ago. If she wins, it will be for a full sixyear term. Her republican opponent is jason lewis. He is also a former talk radio host. Tina smith and jason lewis joined me remotely this hour as part of our meet the candidate series to talk about the issues facing minnesota and the country. There arent a lot of rules for our conversation today. I will ask you a series of questions. I ask you to keep to the issues, even though you are running for senate, we dont need to filibuster. I will give you each plenty of time to lay out your views and respond to each other. One firm a rule i will enforce is you cant talk over each other. It sounds bad on the radio, people will turn us off, and nobody will hear what you have to say. I will give you each a minute at the start and the end to make the case why voters should pick you. I flipped a coin before we started, jason lewis, you get the first minute. Why
Messages about covert 19 and covering up a crisis. And questioning the president s story puts a fact check warning on tweets from donald trump. And joining with sports including a Pivotal Moment in the race for the german football tight so it is by meaning voters who dont mean one bell in an empty stadium to make 7 points clear at the top of the book to sleep. Ok were going to begin in hong kong where more than 200 protesters have been arrested after a standoff with police in the heart of the city. Police used pepper spray to disperse crowds rallying against a bill that could see people jailed for mocking chinas National Anthem but theyre also demonstrating against a security law proposed by beijing activists insist its going to mean the end of hong kongs freedom and rights but probation politicians say its necessary to defend against what they call home grown terrorism. I think people need to recognize that our separate systems is based on our ability to National Sovereignty security
Peace process. The president s announcement could have serious ripple effects on the world even the pope is weighing in recognition of jerusalem is the news from the president of the United States. This marks a departer from democratic demonstrations of the past here they continued to keep the embassy in tel aviv not moving into the touchy question of what the status of jerusalem ought to be the administration will not move to jerusalem immediately they said the process will be kicked off by the president of the United States. It could take some period of time, possibly years before an embassy is built in jerusalem and the site located and security put in place and the Embassy Opens and begins functioning in jerusalem the president is expected to recognize that it is the capital and that is expected to touch off reaction among palestinians who very much view East Jerusalem as the capital of a palestinian state. We will see what the president has to say here at the white house in a coup
To officially recognize jerusalem as israels capital. Host good morning. Its thursday, december 7, 2017. Pearl harbor Remembrance Day across the country. It marks the 76th anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor. Flags have been lowered to halfstaff at the u. S. Capitol. The house and senate will both reconvene at 10 00 a. M. Today. At some point this morning on the senate floor, minnesota democrat al franken is expected to make an announcement about his political future, one day after new allegations of inappropriate behavior emerged and after over 30 of his fellow Democratic Senators called for him to resign. Thats where we begin this morning on the washington journal, as we take your calls and hear your thoughts. Phone lines republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. A special line this morning for minnesota residents, 2027488003. You can also catch up with us on social media. On twitter, cspanwj. On facebook, its facebook. Com cspan. A very good thu